International handbook of psychiatry : a concise guide for medical students, residents, and medical practitioners / editors, Laura Weiss Roberts, Joseph B. Layde, Richard Balon ; [in-house editor, Veronica Low].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roberts, Laura Weiss, 1960-

Layde, Joseph B.

Balon, Richard.

Low, Veronica.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Pathological.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 924 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This handbook will be a concise guide to important topics in psychiatry with an international focus. It constitutes a précis of the field of psychiatry with emphases on the therapeutic approach to the patient and on the proper diagnosis of major psychiatric disorders.All psychiatric diagnoses are encoded using both the US Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). Treatment options for psychiatric disorders will include approaches used in developed nations in North America, Europe, Asia, as well as in

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations List; Contributors List; Chapter 1 Impact of Mental Illness Laura Weiss Roberts, Richard Balon and Joseph B. Layde; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SOCIETAL IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS; 2.1. Illness burden; 2.2. Economic burden; 2.3. Unmet need; 3. EVOLVING APPROACHES TO PHENOMENOLOGY IN PSYCHIATRY; 4. HANDBOOK ORGANIZATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 International Issues in Psychiatry Richard Balon and Cyril Höschl; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DIAGNOSTIC CLASSIFICATION; 3. EDUCATION; 4. RESEARCH; 5. ETHICS; 6. CULTURE AND CULTURAL PSYCHIATRY

7. PSYCHIATRIC CARE FOR VICTIMS OF MAJOR DISASTERS, VICTIMS OF TORTURE, AND REFUGEES8. MISCELLANEOUS; 9. THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; 10. CONCLUSION; 11. KEY POINTS; 12. SELF-ASSESSMENT; 12.1. Clinical trials conducted by pharmaceutical companies in the developing countries may face which of the following difficulties?; 12.2. International educational activities include all of the following except; 13. CASE STUDIES; 13.1. Development of psychiatric service and training in Cambodia; 13.2. An American training Chinese psychoanalysts; 13.3. Concepts of mental illness

REFERENCESChapter 3 Psychiatric Diagnosis Stephanie Bagby-Stone, Jessica Nittler and John Lauriello; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. What is a psychiatric diagnosis?; 1.1.1. Significance of psychiatric diagnosis; 2. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS; 2.1. Specificity, sensitivity, and predictive value of signs and symptoms; 2.2. What information is useful in making a psychiatric diagnosis?; 2.2.1. Psychiatric interview; 2.2.2. Collateral information; 2.2.3. Physical examination; 2.2.4. Laboratory testing; 2.2.5. Neuro-imaging and other studies; 2.2.6. Psychological testing

2.2.7. Psychiatric rating scales and diagnostic interviews3. HOW ARE PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES CLASSIFIED?; 3.1. Categorical versus etiological; 3.2. Reliability and validity in psychiatric diagnosis; 4. CURRENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; 4.1. The international classification of diseases (ICD); 4.2. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; 5. CULTURAL ISSUES REGARDING PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; 6. OTHER PSYCHIATRIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; 7. FINAL THOUGHTS ON PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS AND ITS FUTURE; 8. KEY POINTS; 9. SELF-ASSESSMENT

9.1. Which of the following would be important in the evaluation of a 55-year-old woman who was brought to a hospital by her family with new onsetmanic and psychotic symptoms?9.2. Which of the following is false regarding our current psychiatric diagnostic classification systems - the DSM-IV-TR and the ICD-10?; 9.3. Which of the following are true statements regarding the function and meaning of a psychiatric diagnosis?; 10. CASE STUDIES; 10.1. Seeing patient and diagnosis in context; 10.2. Diagnosis changes over time; 10.3. A complete perspective of mental illness; REFERENCES

Chapter 4 Psychiatric Genetics Bhanu Prakash Kolla and David Mrazek

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299462373

1299462375

9789814405614

9814405612

OCLC:

841809621